Give Them An Argument

Glenn Greenwald! Matt Christman! Outlaws & Revolutionaries with David Griscom! Guys, there's a lot of good stuff in this episode. You should give it a listen.

Dead Pundits Society host Adam Proctor joins Ben to talk about the state of the left, historian Daniel Bessner talks about his Jacobin article "The General Who Brought Down the American Empire," and in the Outlaws & Revolutionaries segment David Griscom explains why he texts Ben videos of Jamey Johnson songs when he's drunk.

Ben debates libertarian economist Walter Block on property rights and redistribution. Mike Recine comes on the podcast to chat about Goodfellas and The Sopranos. David Griscom is on vacation this week but he'll be back next week for more Outlaws & Revolutionaries. Gonna be honest, guys, this episode's a little disjointed, but it's all good stuff.

Current Affairs "House Economist" Rob Larson, historian and Jacobin Contributing Editor Matt Karp, and historian and Jacobin contributor Alex Gourevitch do a panel discussion of how to understand the concept of freedom in a way that doesn't just cede it to libertarians, how important that concept has been to left-wing movements from abolitionism to the early labor movement and how all of this relates to the contemporary left...

Rudy Giuliani farts in court. Natalie Wynn ("ContraPoints") talks to Ben about persuasion, philosophy, reform and revolution, free speech and a whole lot more. Ben and David wrap up their discussion of Sturgill Simpson's discography. This is good stuff.

Ben argues with libertarian Jason Lee Byas from the Center for a Stateless Society about whether privatizing all roads would be a dystopian nightmare. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley professor and Fully Automated host Nicholas Kiersey comes on to chat about academia, identity politics, and the left. David Griscom talks about Doug Sahm in this week's Outlaws & Revolutionaries.

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek talks about communism, the pandemic and many other things. Amber Frost talks about her article "The Problem with Hashtag Activism." David Griscom talks about Tom T. Hall. Various format changes are announced for January. This is good stuff, guys.

In this first episode with the new live format, Marxist economist Richard Wolff talks worker coops. David Griscom talks John Prine. Forrest Miller debuts in his new role as on-air producer. There's a tribute to Ben's late mentor Quentin Smith and a preview of the first patron-exclusive bonus episode (Episode 21 - A Beginner's Guide to the Kurdish Liberation Struggle). Guys, it's GTAA Version 2.0.

Thaddeus Russell argues with Ben about socialism. Ana Kasparian discusses the state of the left and the legacy of Michael Brooks. Bryan Atinsky shares a cautionary tale about free speech from his experience on the Israeli left. Ben previews his conversation with Dasha from Red Scare. Vic Viana has technical issues. Other than that last part, this one's ridiculously full of awesome things. Check it out.

Michael Albert talks about his model of "participatory economics." David Griscom talks about Kris Kristofferson and Vic Vaiana talks about Black Sabbath, Ben and Forrest talk about MLK's radical politics, the Great Trump/Fascism Debate, and how mafia movies give us a sense of what life might be like in an anarcho-capitalist "utopia."